The Fourth Crusade - A History of the Middle East

The first significant legacy of the crusades was simply the crusader states, a long lasting latin christian presence in the middle east. To this day, you can find people who are descended from crusaders, not only in cyprus, but in turkey, lebanon, israel and palestine. In all these ways, the latin west made a lasting mark on the landscape, the society and the make up of the middle East. For instance, you can see crusader art and architecture, the holy sepulchre,. The crac de chevalier, a great hospitaler, castle a in syria.